MBTA Silver Line Expansion to Chelsea Set to Launch In April Banker & Tradesman Full coverage

MBTA Silver Line Expansion to Chelsea Set to Launch In April - Banker & Tradesman

Next month's expansion of the Silver Line into Chelsea will plug the city into Boston's two commuter rail hubs and make it a prime location for transit-oriented development, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack said Monday.

MBTA Silver Line expansion to Chelsea set to launch in April - Boston Business Journal

Next month's expansion of the Silver Line into Chelsea will plug the city into Boston's two commuter rail hubs and make it a prime location for transit-oriented development, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack said Monday.

East Boston High School student in ICE custody after allegedly threatening the school The Boston Globe

East Boston High School student in ICE custody after threatening the school - The Boston Globe

A student at East Boston High School was taken into ICE custody after he was arrested Wednesday for allegedly threatening to "shoot up" the school, officials said. Kevin Vasquez Funes, 19, was arrested by Boston police and charged under the so-called bomb threat statute, which also covers threats to do harm with a gun or other weapon, said Jake Wark, a spokesman for the Suffolk district attorney's office.

An illegal immigrant teen now being held by immigration authorities told an East Boston High administrator he threatened to commit a massacre at the school because "I felt bad for what happened in Florida," according to a police report on the incident.

It's official! The East Boston Farmers Market will be moving back to its original location in Central Square Park this summer! The park was recently renovated and looks beautiful, and we are so excited about the extra space, benches, tables, and to be right in the middle of such a lively area.
Stay tuned this spring for announcements about our vendor lineup and special events we're planning!

NEW YORK - The second nor'easter in a span of a week is expected to drop heavy snow and hurl strong winds across parts of the storm-weary East Coast, already pummeled by a deadly "bomb cyclone" last weekend. More than 50 million people from Maryland to Maine are under winter storm warnings and watches across a swath of the Northeast.

She is known as "nonna" in Italian, "abuelita" in Spanish and "Grandma" in English. But across cultures, the grandmother is the matriarch and foundation on which the family unit is built. In ethnically diverse East Boston, home to a large immigrant community, a new mural serves as a visual tribute to grandmothers and the values that residents of what is known as "Eastie" share across ethnic lines.

No One Bid for the MBTA's Late-Night Bus Pilot Boston magazine Full coverage

No One Bid for Boston's Late-Night Bus Pilot

MBTA General Manager Luis Ramirez says he's determined to find a solution. Well, this is not good: The MBTA's request for bids to run a pilot of a new late-night bus service, which is supposed to launch this summer, has been met with crickets from private bus vendors.

Editorial: In the war against the changing climate of the planet, we lose Boston Business Journal Full coverage

Editorial: In the war against the changing climate of the planet, we lose - Boston Business Journal

Areas along Boston's waterfront looked like a war zone last week in advance of the arrival of Winter Storm Riley: Sandbags piled up against buildings and doorways, and stacked along the edges of MBTA stations. The streets resembled a World War II movie's depiction of muddy roads in besieged French villages as businesspeople and public-sector workers barricaded themselves against advancing floodwaters.

New nor'easter strikes with 50 million under winter storm watch or warning CNN Full coverage

Another nor'easter to strike with 50 million under winter storm watch or warning

More than 50 million people from Philadelphia to Boston are under winter storm warnings and watches that have been issued across a swath of the Northeast. Nearly 2,000 flights on Wednesday have been canceled. The storm could bring heavy, wet snow and coastal flooding to the northern mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, which could cause power outages and dangerous commutes Wednesday.

How East Boston can get some of the $20 million for affordable housing, historic preservation and open space.

March 8: Community Preservation Act discussion

On Thursday, March 8, the City of Boston will host an open forum for community members in East Boston to engage in discussions around the future of the Community Preservation Act (CPA) as it is implemented in neighborhoods throughout Boston.

Photos show how a 'bomb cyclone' is slamming the East Coast with walls of water and sending kayakers into the streets Business Insider

Photos show how a 'bomb cyclone' is slamming the East Coast with walls of water and sending kayakers into the streets

Winter Storm Riley is rip-roaring its way along the East Coast, slamming homes in Massachusetts with a wall of water. The nor'easter- also known as a bomb cyclone- is bringing devastating winds to areas along the eastern seaboard.

Massachusetts anti-Semitic hate crimes among the highest in the nation Daily Free Press (blog) Full coverage

Massachusetts anti-Semitic hate crimes among the highest in the nation

The Anti-Defamation League released an audit showing a 42 percent rise in reported anti-Semitic incidents in Massachusetts from 2016 to 2017, with a nearly 60 percent rise nationwide. The report shows that the Commonwealth had one of the highest nationwide counts of incidents with 177 reports filed.

Some nights Gina Scalcione would lay out her blankets in the Saints Room just inside the entrance of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The East Boston church had offered her spiritual sustenance since she came to America from Italy as a teenager, and for a few years she slept there to protect it from being closed for good.

Storm whips Northeast with rain, floods; over 1 million customers lose power CNN

Storm whips Northeast with rain, floods; over 1 million customers lose power

The nor'easter has already killed at least five people, prompted the cancellation of more than 3,300 flights, snarled ground traffic and knocked out power to more than 1 million customers -- with more than 440,000 of them in Massachusetts. Virginia had at least 301,671 customers without power, and the Washington, D.C., area counted over 154,000 people without power.

Boston streets flooding as second nor'easter in two months pounds city CNN

Boston streets flooding as nor'easter pounds New England

Only twice in the last century has a high tide in Boston Harbor topped 15 feet -- during the blizzard of 1978 and January 4, during a savage storm that sent water sloshing through the streets of Beantown.

The nor'easter bearing down on the east coast is causing rampant flooding and power outages throughout Massachusetts. More than 37,000 Massachusetts residents were without power as of 1 p.m. on Friday, according to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.

Slideshow: East Boston residents call for Moratorium on new develop projects The Suffolk Journal Full coverage

Slideshow: East Boston residents call for Moratorium on new develop projects

Both East Boston residents and representatives from the Boston Climate Action Network gathered outside on the Portside at East Pier at 11 a.m. on Friday. These photos are views that were taken at 50 Lewis Street, where new infrastructure projects, such as new condominiums are on the rise by the harborside.

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